8mm Camcorders

8mm Camcorders

UC-V200

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Marketed April 1999
Original Price For export only (no Japanese market price)

Featuring unrivalled video technology, including a color LCD view screen, the UC-V200[E] offered outstanding value for money. It also pursued features such as a large LCD view screen and a high-ratio lens with the Vari-Angle Prism (V.A.P.) optical image stabilizer borne from Canon’s camera expertise. Canon’s original exterior design allowed the UC-V200[E] to offer both of these features together in a single model.

Video recording system 2 rotary heads, helical scanning system
– Luminance signal: FM azimuth recording
– Chrominance signal: Converted subcarrier phase shift recording
Audio recording system Frequency multiplexing with the video signal by rotary head (Hi-Fi monaural)
Television system PAL system
Tape format 8 videocassette (P5 type)
Tape speed
(at SP mode)
20.051mm/s
Maximum recording time 90 min. at SP mode (with a 90-min. cassette)
Fast forward/rewind time 6.5 min. (with a 90-min. cassette)
Image sensor 1/4″ CCD (charge-coupled device), 320,000 pixels (290,000 effective pixels)
Viewfinder 0.5″ monochrome viewfinder
LCD screen 2.5″ TFT color LCD, approx. 62,000 pixels, delta array
Built-in microphone Monaural (Electret condenser microphone)
Lens 4.0-88mm focal length, f/1.6-3.8, 9 groups 11 lenses with an aspherical lens, filter diameter: 46mm, P = 0.75, Minimum shooting distance: 10mm (at wide), 1m (at zoom)
Focusing system TTL autofocus / manual focusing possible
Color temperature switching Auto-homing
Minimum illumination indistinct
Recommended illumination More than 100 lx
Illumination range indistinct
Aperture Auto iris servo system
Output terminal (level/impedance) Video/audio output terminal 3.5mm jack (yellow, audio/video)
Video output terminal 1Vp-p/75 ohms unbalanced synchronized load
Audio output terminal -10dBv (at 47 kohms load)/less than 2.2 kohms unbalanced
External microphone terminal 3.5mm monaural mini jack (red)
Microphone input:-67dBv (with 600-ohm microphone)/more than 5 kohms
DC output terminal 2.5mm mini jack
5V DC (external microphone, RU-100E/AS power supply)
DC IN terminal Special terminal: Center minus
Speaker Built-in (23mm diameter)
Power supply 7.2V DC
Power consumption
(when recording and auto-focusing)
EVF: Approx. 4.0W , LCD: Approx. 4.5W
Operating temperature range 32-104°F (0-40°c)
Dimensions 117mm x 114mm x 215mm (excluding tiny projection)
Weight Body: Approx. 960g
When recording: Approx. 1100g
(including battery, 8mm videocassette, button-type lithium battery and lens cap)